How common is the surname Joyal?

1,614 people in the United States had the surname Joyal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,292 Americans. It ranked 17,463rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Joyal?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Joyal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Joyal getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,614 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Joyal

A surname, carried by 1,614 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Joyal is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,614 people named Joyal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,292 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,655.

#17,463

rank among US surnames

1,614

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,455	Fredericksen	1,615	191,174
#17,463	Bazaldua	1,614	191,292
#17,472	Wisneski	1,613	191,411

Who is named Joyal

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Joyal identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Joyal

Joyal has the Soundex code J400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J400.

Questions

How common is the surname Joyal?: 1,614 people in the United States had the surname Joyal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,292 Americans. It ranked 17,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Joyal?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Joyal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Joyal getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,614 in 2010, down 2.5%.